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<h1>Editing a text field</h1>
<p>You can edit any text field in a document.</p>
<p>One important reason to edit a text field is to update an object name 
 that has been changed in the project. When you rename an object, such 
 as a metric, any text fields&nbsp;that&nbsp;reference that metric&nbsp;are 
 not automatically updated with the new name. For example,&nbsp;the dataset 
 report on your document contains a Revenue metric, and you create a text 
 field by dragging and dropping the Revenue metric onto the document. If 
 the name of the Revenue metric is subsequently changed to Total Revenue, 
 the text field you created still displays the name Revenue. The text field 
 is not updated with the new name.</p>
<p>Follow the procedure below to edit a text field in a document.</p>
<h2>To edit a text field</h2>
<ol start="1" type="1" class="whs1">
	
<li style="margin-left: -20px;" class=p><p>Open the document in <span 
 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Design </B></span>or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Editable 
 Mode</B></span>. </p></li>
	
<li style="margin-left: -20px;" class=p><p>Double-click a text field, 
 or select the text field and press <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>F2</B></span>. 
 </p></li>
	
<li style="margin-left: -20px;" class=p><p>Edit the text by doing any 
 of the following: </p></li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li style="list-style: disc;" type=disc class=p><p>Type new text.</p></li>
	
<li style="list-style: disc;" type=disc class=p><p>Add a data field 
 by dragging and dropping a Dataset Object into the selected text field.</p></li>
	
<li style="list-style: disc;" type=disc class=p><p>Add an auto text 
 code by selecting the code from the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Insert 
 &gt; Auto Text</B></span> menu or typing the code into the text field. For 
 lists of auto text codes, see 
<a href="Auto_text_codes_datasets.htm">Auto 
 text codes: datasets</a> or 
<a href="Auto_text_codes_documents.htm">Auto 
 text codes: documents</a>.</p></li>
	
<li style="list-style: disc; margin-left: -20px;" type=disc class=p><p class="whs2">Begin on another line by pressing <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Enter</B></span>. 
 </p></li>
</ul>
<ol start="4" type="1" class="whs1">
	
<li style="margin-left: -20px;" class=p><p>To exit editing, click anywhere 
 outside the text field.</p></li>
</ol>
<h3>Related topics</h3>
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<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Add_data_fields_to_document.htm">Adding data 
 fields to a document</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Add_auto_text_codes.htm">Adding auto text codes 
 to documents</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Combining_types_of_text_fields.htm">Combining 
 different types of text fields in documents</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Restore_images_to_default_size.htm">Restoring 
 images in documents to the default size</a></p></li>
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